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Mishra's innovative approach to Indian history and literary expertise are evident in his powerful book about Buddhism, An End to Suffering (see starred review on p.692), and in this brilliantly constructed anthology. Mishra has a particular interest in how outsiders perceive India, his vast and vastly diverse homeland, and accordingly he has selected a superb and unpredictable set of writings by inspired visitors (many of whom were outsiders even in their own worlds) to India past and present. Paul Bowles offers lush descriptions of the countryside; recounts his brief, harrowing incarceration on suspicion of espionage; and muses on cow worship. Bruce Chatwin reports on a wolf boy. Excerpts from Allen Ginsberg's Indian Journals record his 1962 sojourn in Benares. Here, too, are Hermann Hesse, Peter Matthiessen, Jan Morris, George Orwell, Octavio Paz, Paul Scott, and Gore Vidal. Superbly written, frank, and revealing both of themselves and of the bit of India they internalized, the chroniclers of India Mishra has so thoughtfully assembled create a spectrum of mental weather ranging from blazing sunshine to impenetrable shadows. Donna Seaman
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Ever since Herodotus reported that it was home to gold-digging ants, travelers have been intrigued by India in all its beguiling complexity. This superb anthology gives us some of the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that has been written about the world’s second most populous nation over the past two centuries.
From Mark Twain’s puzzled fascination with Indian castes and customs, to Allen Ginsberg’s awe at the country’s spiritual and natural splendors, or from J. R. Ackerley’s delightful recollections of his visits with an eccentric gay Maharajah, to Gore Vidal’s unforgettable scene in his novel Creation, in which his character finally meets the Buddha and is bewildered–all twenty-five selections in India in Mind reveal a place that evokes, in the traveler, reactions ranging from fear and perplexity to astonishment and wonder. Edited and with an introduction and chapter notes by the award-winning novelist Pankaj Mishra, India in Mind is a marvel of sympathy, sensitivity, and perception, not to mention outstanding writing.
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Mishra's innovative approach to Indian history and literary expertise are evident in his powerful book about Buddhism, An End to Suffering (see starred review on p.692), and in this brilliantly constructed anthology. Mishra has a particular interest in how outsiders perceive India, his vast and vastly diverse homeland, and accordingly he has selected a superb and unpredictable set of writings by inspired visitors (many of whom were outsiders even in their own worlds) to India past and present. Paul Bowles offers lush descriptions of the countryside; recounts his brief, harrowing incarceration on suspicion of espionage; and muses on cow worship. Bruce Chatwin reports on a wolf boy. Excerpts from Allen Ginsberg's Indian Journals record his 1962 sojourn in Benares. Here, too, are Hermann Hesse, Peter Matthiessen, Jan Morris, George Orwell, Octavio Paz, Paul Scott, and Gore Vidal. Superbly written, frank, and revealing both of themselves and of the bit of India they internalized, the chroniclers of India Mishra has so thoughtfully assembled create a spectrum of mental weather ranging from blazing sunshine to impenetrable shadows. Donna Seaman
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Product Description
Ever since Herodotus reported that it was home to gold-digging ants, travelers have been intrigued by India in all its beguiling complexity. This superb anthology gives us some of the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that has been written about the world’s second most populous nation over the past two centuries.
From Mark Twain’s puzzled fascination with Indian castes and customs, to Allen Ginsberg’s awe at the country’s spiritual and natural splendors, or from J. R. Ackerley’s delightful recollections of his visits with an eccentric gay Maharajah, to Gore Vidal’s unforgettable scene in his novel Creation, in which his character finally meets the Buddha and is bewildered–all twenty-five selections in India in Mind reveal a place that evokes, in the traveler, reactions ranging from fear and perplexity to astonishment and wonder. Edited and with an introduction and chapter notes by the award-winning novelist Pankaj Mishra, India in Mind is a marvel of sympathy, sensitivity, and perception, not to mention outstanding writing.
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